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Date:      Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:09:11 +0300
From:      Stefan Parvu <sparvu@kronometrix.org>
To:        =?utf-8?Q?Roger_Pau_Monn=C3=A9?= <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Cc:        freebsd-xen@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cannot install FreeBSD 12.0 Xen 4.12.1 on Intel Core i7 CPU 930
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thank you guys for tips.

> Are you sure it's VT-d and not VT-x what you have enabled in the BIOS?

Yes, I think the ASUS BIOS had listed VT-d. But will double check =
tonight. But it might be=20
that the CPU does not support VT-d. Thats very true. Hmmm. Is there any =
point even to
update the CPU on this system, would it even support some new CPU models =
?=20

> Linux dom0 would likely be in PV mode (note the missing H), which
> doesn't require an iommu. OTOH FreeBSD only supports PVH dom0, which
> does require an iommu.

Right. It could be tat I was using PV mode (paravirtualisation) mode, =
without HVM
extensions which PVH uses. Right ? Thats I cant say. It was some time =
back.=20

Stefan=



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